By Zaji Lieberman

D3soccer.com

NSCAA.com 

The Ohio Northern men's soccer team is ranked No. 9 in the sixth weekly D3soccer.com poll Men's Division III poll and is No. 21 in the sixth weekly 2012 Continental Tire/NSCAA on Tuesday.

ONU has now been nationally ranked in four of the past five seasons.

In the D3soccer.com poll, Ohio Northern received 365 points and was ranked No. 10 in last week's poll.

Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Messiah (Pa.) is second and St. Lawrence (N.Y.) is third.

In the NSCAA poll, the Polar Bears (12-2-0) were ranked No. 25 in the fifth poll last week, No. 18 in forth poll, No. 9 in the third poll, No. 12 in the second poll, No. 4 in the first weekly poll and were ranked No. 12 in the 2012 preseason poll and were No. 11 in the final 2011 NSCAA poll.

Trinity (Tex.) is ranked No. 1, Amherst (Mass.) is second and Messiah (Pa.) is third.

Last week, the Bears defeated Capital 4-0 and Baldwin Wallace 1-0.

The Polar Bears will return to action Wednesday with a 4 pm match against Otterbein at the ONU Soccer Field.

D3soccer.com Men's Poll - #6
Oct. 9, 2012

Rank School (1st Pl. Votes) 2012 Record Pts.  Last Week
1. Trinity (Tex.) (20) 12-0-1 619 1
2. Messiah (Pa.) (5) 11-0-1 603 2
3. St. Lawrence (N.Y.) 11-1-0 543 4
4. Amherst (Mass.) (4)
8-0-1 525 3
5. Loras (Iowa)
12-1-1 519 6
6. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) 8-1-1 457 5
7. Brandeis (Mass.) 11-0-1 451 8
8. Montclair State (N.J.) 12-1-0 448 9
9.   Ohio Northern  12-2-0 365 10
10. York (Pa.)
10-2-1 358 12
11. Whitworth (Calif.) 9-0-2 332 11
12. Williams (Mass.) 7-0-2 304 16
13. Olivet (Mich.) 12-0-1 291 17
14. New York University 9-1-1 284 7
15. Swarthmore (Pa.) 8-1-1 221 18
16. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) 10-2-1 214 14
17. Hiram 11-0-1 204 20
18. Dominican (Ill.) 9-1-1 189 19
19. Wisconsin-Platteville
11-1-1 173 22
20.  Susquehanna (Pa.) 9-2-0 171 13
21. Plattsburgh State (N.Y.) 13-1-0 157 21
22. Stevens (N.J.) 10-2-0 118 -
23. Ohio Wesleyan 7-2-3 79 15
24. Babson (Mass.)
10-2-1 78 25
25. Eastern Connecticut  10-0-1 66 24
Others Receiving Votes: Scranton (Pa.) 63, DePauw (Ind.) 52, Carleton 51, Penn State-Behrend 29, Frostburg State (N.Y.) 26, Illinois Wesleyan 20, Christopher Newport (Va.) 19, Allegheny (Pa.) 16, Franklin and Marshall 13, Wheaton (Ill.) 12, Medaille (N.Y.) 10, Dickinson (Pa.) 9, Sage (N.Y.) 9, Mississippi College 7, Puget Sound (Wash.) 5, Rochester (N.Y.) 5, Chicago (Ill.) 3, Colorado College 2, Wesleyan (Conn.) 2, Bowdoin (Maine) 1, North Carolina Wesleyan 1, Transylvania (Ky.) 1.

NSCAA Division III Men's Poll - #6

Oct. 9, 2012

Rank School 2012 Record Last Week
1. Trinity (Tex.) 11-0-1 1
2. Amherst (Mass.) 8-0-1 2
3. Messiah (Pa.) 11-0-1 3
4. Loras (Iowa) 12-1-1 5
5. Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
8-1-1 4
6. Olivet (Mich.) 10-0-1 7
7. St. Lawrence (N.Y.)
11-1-0 10
8. Montclair State (N.J.) 12-1-0 8
9. Brandeis (Mass.) 11-0-1 9
10. Whitworth (Calif.) 9-0-2 11
11. Dominican (Ill.) 10-0-0 12
12. Hiram 11-0-1 21
13. Wisconsin-Platteville
11-1-1 19
14. York (Pa.) 10-2-1 14
15. Stevens (N.J.)
10-2-0 22
16. Swarthmore (Pa.) 8-1-1 NR
17. Williams (Mass.) 7-0-2 17
18. Carleton (Wis.)
10-1-1 16
19. Rutgers-Camden (N.J.) 10-2-1 18
20. New York University 9-1-1 6
21. Ohio Northern 12-2-0 25
22. University of Scranton (Pa.) 9-0-1 NR
23. Wesleyan (Ill.) 10-1-0 NR
24. Colorado College 10-3-0 25
25. Eastern Connecticut State 10-0-1 24